Archive: 08/24/2007
Aggressive bees may track future of flying robots
Angry bees that fly like mini-missiles could map the futures of unmanned aircraft and planetary explorer robots, thanks to new University of Queensland research backed by the Queensland Government.
Aug 24, 2007 |
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New link between estrogen and breast cancer
The female sex hormone estrogen turns on a gene linked to breast cancer, according to new research by Brisbane scientists.
Aug 24, 2007 |
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Scientists train nano-'building blocks' to take on new shapes
Researchers from the University of Delaware and Washington University in St. Louis have figured out how to train synthetic polymer molecules to behave--to literally “self-assemble” --and form into long, multicompartment ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 24, 2007 |
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Changing the rings: a key finding for magnetics design
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST) have done the first theoretical determination of the dominant damping mechanism that settles down excited ...
Aug 24, 2007 |
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300 years after discovery, structure of mercury fulminate finally determined
Known to the alchemists and long used as a detonator to set off dynamite—mercury fulminate has a checkered past. Now, more than 300 years after the discovery of this explosive compound, German researchers have been able to ...
Aug 24, 2007 |
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UK has worst outcome for stroke patients in western Europe
The UK urgently needs to reorganise stroke services to improve outcomes for patients, argues a senior doctor in this week’s BMJ.
Aug 24, 2007 |
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Monkeys use 'baby talk' to interact with infants
Female rhesus monkeys use special vocalizations while interacting with infants, the way human adults use motherese, or “baby talk,” to engage babies’ attention, new research at the University of Chicago shows. ...
Biology /
Aug 24, 2007 |
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Los Angeles enjoying 1,000 year seismic lull
The Los Angeles basin appears to be in a seismic “lull” characterized by relatively smaller and infrequent earthquakes, according to a study in the September issue of Geology.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 24, 2007 |
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